| Study type/ Setting | Methods | Outcomes | Recommendations | Source |
| Retrospective cohort study
Setting: Ambulatory Care |
- To assess the frequency of and potential patient harm associated with pharmacy dispensing of discontinued medications in the ambulatory setting within 12 months - 30,406 adult patients with an electronic discontinuation order | - A large amount of prescriptions electronically canceled in EHRs were still filled at the pharmacy - Among 83,902 targeted medications that were electronically discontinued, 1,218 were subsequently dispensed by the pharmacy | - The dispensing of discontinued medications represents an important ambulatory patient safety concern. - Better communication between providers and pharmacists is needed to improve medication safety | Allen et al. (2012)
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| Allen AS, Sequist TD. Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:700-5. [PMID: 23165661] | ||||